If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You may have to register
before you can post: Staff will have to enable your account first after registration, click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,
select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

A little notice to all of our wonderful members and friends here at Broken.
We currently have posters here who have access to many previously unavailable Classic and Modern movies and we love filling requests.
Please do not be shy with requests, no guarantees, but if we have them, we'll post them.

A short extension to enact legislation and ratify the treaty would almost certainly be granted; maybe 2 or 3 months. There is no upside in an EU member objecting.
A longer extension would be tricky. The UK would have to make a very, very good case to persuade the 27 that it made sense. And, some might be looking for something in return. Could get very tricky.

Note, that my "friend" Nigel Farage is actively lobbying EU governments to refuse an extension to Article 50. That man has a lot to answer for and will probably never be held to account.

A short extension to enact legislation and ratify the treaty would almost certainly be granted; maybe 2 or 3 months. There is no upside in an EU member objecting.
A longer extension would be tricky. The UK would have to make a very, very good case to persuade the 27 that it made sense. And, some might be looking for something in return. Could get very tricky.

Note, that my "friend" Nigel Farage is actively lobbying EU governments to refuse an extension to Article 50. That man has a lot to answer for and will probably never be held to account.

I've been reading that an extension before European Parliament elections in May could be agreed upon, or maybe even end of June, before the new parliament seats its members. Anything longer than that isn't really being considered seriously since neither UK party really wants to contest those elections if they're quitting the EU, but if they're still in the EU by that time, they have to contest them.

I know Farage triumphantly left the UKIP shortly after the 2016 referendum, so the notion that he wants to get back into politics to make sure Brexit happens is funny.

Yeah, I really don't see all 27 nations unanimously agreeing to an extension. This is squarely on the "Leave" faction of the Conservative Party throwing a tantrum about the terms and trying to use the threat of "No Deal" to wring more concessions from the EU. I hope the EU doesn't cave in. "Leave" was built on a number of lies and deceptions that are starting to unravel now. I'm not saying that there should be a "do-over referendum," but someone's going to have to answer for the inanity of lies and half-truths that swayed 17 million people to vote to leave.

Just as an example, some fishing communities voted to "leave" because they believed they could get better fishing limits/rights, but in the Brexit agreement, the UK agreed to honor the EU limits for at least two years. I'm almost certain that they wouldn't vote leave now knowing that.

In a bizzare way, the leavers are actually right to vote against the Theresa May deal but for the wrong reasons.
The deal she agreed leaves the UK in a worse position than if we stay in. It means we lose almost all of the great parts of being a member with no chance of any of the benefits the Leavers promised to get people to vote for them. We will still pay the EU a lot of money (No £350 Million coming back to the NHS), we won't be able to enter into trade deals with other nations (not that they have had any success lining any trade deals up to sign). We lose all influence on EU rules but still have to abide by them.

No deal is a crazy option and 'the deal' is terrible when compared to staying in the EU.
The ERG Leavers in the Conservatives want No Deal because it allows them to rip up EU standards and try to turn back the clock to a Victorian Britain - When we had an empire of slaves... sorry meant to say colonies and when we were wealthy... or at least the people at the top were and the poor were kept in workhouses (bloody scroungers)

May wants to keep 'No Deal' alive because compared to that any deal is better. If she can keep it up for another week, there is a good chance that at the third attempt her deal will get voted through.

I do find it ironic that we keep being told it is undemocratic to have a second referendum and that votes should be respected when we are looking at a third and if needed a fourth vote to try to get the Theresa May deal through.

The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to Arbiec For This Useful Post:

Ironically, it is now the Brexiteers who are on the defensive. They know that a long extension of Article 50 brings the risk of a softer Brexit, or even no Brexit at all. They have a real decision to make on the existing deal - hold their noses and vote for it (at least it is Brexit); or vote against it and risk the entire Brexit dream. Don't you just love payback?